Water-power motor



sept. 4, 1923. 1,466,861

M. l. Tur'rLE ET Al.

WATER POWER MOTOR Filed July 6. 1921 3 heets-f'Shee't 1 WIT/VESSES sept. 4,1923..

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NETE@ STATES PATENT FFQE..

MERE-ITT ISAAC TUTTLE, OF FROMBERG, MONTANA, AND LEWIS L. HILL, OF YELLOW- STONE PARK, WYOMING.

WATER-POWER Moron.

Application mea July e,

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, Mnnnirr I. TUTTLE and Lewis L. HILL, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of Fromberg, in the county of Carbon and State of Montana, and of Yellowstone Park, State oi Vyoming, have invented a new and Improved Tater-Power Motor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in water power motors, particularly to a motor wherein a pluralit Y of gravity operated balancing tanks are utilized to transmit motion to a power shaft. An object of the invention is to provide an improved mechanism for automatically controlling the flowy of water into the tanks and a novel mechanism for automatically discharging` the water from the tanks.

A further object is to provide a plurality of balancing tanks so arranged that the weight ot' a descending filled tank operates to restore an empty tank to a position where it may bereiilled.

still further object is to Sugg-estone convenient means of operatively connecting the balancing tanks to a power shaft.

Lnother object is to provide a water motorl wherein a maximum amount of energy is developed with a minimum amount of water.

Still another object is to provide a water motor, which will be simple and practical in construction, strong, durable and efficient in use, which may be quickly repaired, and which will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture. y

lilith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features ot construction and combinations and arrangements ot parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of our improved water motor;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, with parts broken away for clearness;

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation;

Figure elis a reduced diagrammatic view illustrating a plurality of balancing tanks operated from a single reservoir and coupled to operate stroke pumps for irrigation purposes; and

Figure 5 is an end view of Figure 4.

Referring in detail to the drawings, l

represents a rectangular frame supportedy Adjacent the rear end or" the traine l,

al water tank or reservoir 6 is supported upon suitable means 7. 8 represents an inlet spout or trough for the reservoir 6. pair of water outlets are provided in the forward face of the reservoir 6 and are controlled by vertical slidable gates 9.

A pair of transverse frame bars 10 are secured below the frame 1. Between these 'traine bars and extending' in thel same plane, a rocking beam 11 is' pivoted at its center on a pin or bolt 12.

Forwardly4 of' the frame bars 10 and located above .las

crease in width vand depth. overs'lG are provided on the forward ends of the tanks and the tanks are pivoted adjacent their rear ends in any suitableiman'ner upon the shaft 13. It will of course be understood that the tanks swing in planes transverseto the shaft upon which they are pivoted.

rlhe lower portions of the forward ends provided with doors 17, hinged at their upper edges, as indicated at bottom ot the tanks .la and including hooked ends 2O engageable with the free lower edges of the doors 17 to retain the doors against opening.

The pivotal movement of the tanks in one direction is limited by a cross bar 21 engageable under the :tree ends of the weighted ends ot the locking arms 19 to trip these arms and permit the water pressure in the tanks 14 to open the gates 17.

The doors 17 are Diagonaly L A 4 and are located directly Adicated at 34, and

hooked ends 20 of the locking arms 19 include cam faces 24 over which the free edges of the doors 17 ride when actuated by the springs 23.

rThe troughs 15 are operatively. connected to opposite ends of the Vrocking beam 11 in any approved manner. For the purposes of illustration, l have shown balls 25 carried by opposite ends of the rocking beam 11, balls 26 depending from the troughs 15 and sleeves 27 interposed between the ends of the beam 11 and the troughs 15 and having sockets 28 in their ends receiving the balls. The sleeves 27 are preferably formed from a pair of castings joined to'- gether and the sockets 28 are of sufficient size to almost completely embrace the balls 25 and 26 so that the ends of the beam 11 are coupled with the troughs 15 for positive movement in either direction.

Pairs of longitudinal frame bars 29 have their ends supported upon the cross beams over the troughs 15. Levers 30 have their forward ends pivoted between thel frame bars 29, as indicated at 31. Relatively short levers 32 are also pivoted between the frame bars 29 at their intermediate portions on pinsk or bolts 33 and are engageable under the levers 30 to raise the free ends of the same. The ends of the levers 32 which are engageable under the levers 30 are rounded or beveled, as inat their other ends, the levers 32 carry depending stir-rups 35 adapted to receive the troughs 15. Links 36 connect the free ends of the levers 30 with the sliding gates 9 in the forward end of the reservoir 6. r

The frame bars 10 are supported by pairs of upright members 37 and between these uprights, a crank shaft 33 is journaled in sectional bearings 39, the crank shaft eX- tending transverselvof the frame 1 and being located in parallelism with and directly below the rocking beam 11. Crank arms 4G are provided on the crank shaft and links 41 connect the crank arms 40 with the ends ofthe rocking beam 11. A pulley such as 42 may be provided on the end of thel shaft 38 for the attachment of a belt or similar power transmitting device (not shown).

rlhe operation of the motor is as lows To start the motor, the tanks are located in substantially the position shown in Figure 1, one of the tanks being located in horizontal position with the trough 15 resting on the bar 21 and the other tank swung on its axis until its forward end is stopped by the trip 22. The trough 15 which is in horizontal position is resting on one of the stirrups 35 and has operated through the medium of the stirrup 35, levers 32 and 30 and link 36 to raise one of the sliding gates 9, s o

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' that a liow of water is had from the reservoir into this tank. As the water flows into this tank, the forward end of the tank will descend by gravity and the trough 15 will operate through the medium of the ball and socket connection 25, 26 and 27 to oscillate the rocking beam 11. As the trough 15 is raised, the gate 9 will close by gravity cutting off a flow of water. By the time this tank has reached the limit of its downward movement and the trip 22 operates through the medium of the locking arm 19 to dis charge the water from the forward end of the tank, the other` tank will be in horizontal position and receiving water. lt will be ap` parent that by virtue of their connection with the rocking beam 11, the descending tank will always operate to raise the empty tank into position for refilling. As the beam 11 oscillates or rocks about its pivotal point, it will operate the shaft 38 through the medium of the links 41 and crank arms 40.

1n Figures 4 and 5, l have illustrated somewhat diagrammatically a reservoir 43 and shafts 44 on opposite sides of the reservoir. A plurality of balancing tanks 45 and 46 pivot on the shafts 44. Each one of the tanks 45 is coupled to a tank 46 on the opposite side of the reservoir by links 47 and a rocking beam 48 pivoted 0n a central support 49 which supports the reservoir. The ends of the rocking beam 48 kare operatively connected to stroke pumps 50. The depression of a tank 46 operates to bring the tank 45 into position for lilling, as seen clearly in Figure 5. rl`he principal use of the tanks will be for operating stroke pumps for irrigation purposes and 1 have merely illustrated one convenient means for operatively coupling a plurality of tanks to drive the pumps. The number o-f tanks used, however, or the particular means of connecting them to the pumps is immaterial to this invention, since the arrangement of the tanks might be infinitely varied without departing from the scope of the claims.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to thek precise details set forth, but shall consider' ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

lVe claim:

1. A water motor including a frame, a reservoir associated with the frame, a pair of trough-shaped balancing tanks journaled intermediate of their ends on a common axis to swing longitudinally of the frame, means whereby the gravitational depression of one tank operates to move the other tank into position for filling, said means comprisinga rocking beam and links havingv ball and socket Aconnections with the ends of lll() the gravitational the rocking beam and the bottoms of the tanks.

2. A water motor including a frame, a reservoir associated with the frame, a pair of balancing tanks journaled on a common axis to swing longitudinally of the frame, means whereby the gravitational depression of one tank operates to move the other tank into position for lling, said means comprising a rocking beam and flexible links connecting the ends of the rocking beam with the ends of the tanks, gates controlling the flow of lwater from the reservoir into the tanks, frames located above the tanks, levers pivoted in the frames, stirrups attached to levers and receivinO' the ends of their ends on a common axis to swing longitudinally of the frame, means whereby depression of one tank operates to move the other tank into position for filling, said means comprising a rocking beam and -flexible links connecting the ends of the rocking beam with the bottoms of the tanks, said tanks including relatively narrow shallow troughs at one end into which water is introduced and relatively deep wide receptacles at their other ends, doors hinged to the receptacle and normally closing said receptacles, means whereby gravitational depression of said receptacles opens said doors.

el. A water motor including a frame, a reservoir associated with the frame, a pair of balancing tanks Journaled on a common axis to swing longitudinally of the frame, means whereby the gravitational depression ot one tank operates to move the other tank into position for filling, said means comprising a rocking beam and flexible links connecting the ends of the rocking beam with the endsl of the tanks, said tanks including relatively7 shallow troughs at one end into which water is introduced and relatively deep wide receptacles at their other ends, doors normally closing said receptacles, means whereby gravitational depression of said receptacles opens said doors` said means including weighted pivoted arms normally rinsing said doors, and means 'for tripping when the receptacles are desaid arms pressed.

5. A wat-er motor includingI a frame, a reservoir associated with the frame, a pair of balancing tanks journaled on a common axis to swing longitudinally of the frame, means whereby the `gravitational depression ot one tank operates to move the other tank into position for filling, said means comprising a rocking beam and flexible links connecting the ends of'the rocking beam with the ends of the tanks, said tanks including relatively shallow troughs at one closing doors,

means for tripping' said arms when the receptacles are depressed, and means for positively locking the doors upon upward movement of the receptacles, said means including' springs having wiping engagement with the doors.

6. device of the character described in claim 5 and in which the weighted arms include hooked ends retaining the doors in closed position, said hooked ends including cam faces over which the free edges of the doors ride to closed position when actuated by the springs.

7. In a water motor, a pair of balancing tanks pivoted on a common axis and swinging in a transverse plane thereto, a rocking beam, a power shaft, means whereby pivotal movement of the tanks oscillates the rocking beam, means whereby oscillation of sockets at their ends ot' the beam the tanks, and including ends receiving the balls.

a reservoir having a pair of valve controlled outlets, a pair of tanks pivoted intermediate of their ends and adapted to discharge their contents. when tilted` a pair of pivoted levers, means carried by the levers with which the tanks have removable connection, a second pair of pivoted levers, operated by the first pair and means for operating the valves of the said outlets from the second pair of levers.

9. In a water motor, a reservoir having a pair of outlets, sliding gates for control- LEwisL. HILL. MERRITT Isaac TUTTLE.

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